The Thursday morning update of the federal government's U.S. Drought Monitor map shows that about 90 percent of Indiana is abnormally dry and that nearly 40 percent of the state is now in the midst of a moderate drought.
The Indianapolis Prize, administered by the Indianapolis Zoo and given every two years, claims to be the world’s richest individual award for animal conservation.
Gov. Mitch Daniels says Indiana's two-year-old Healthy Rivers INitiative has permanently protected nearly 30,000 acres of floodplains along the Wabash and Muscatatuck Rivers from development.
Local utility trust Citizens Energy Group plans to sell liquefied natural gas for use in cross-country semi trucks as a lower-cost alternative to diesel fuel.
The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission ruled that emails and reports about the troubled Edwardsport coal gasification plant contain only general communications between Duke and its contractors and are not protected from disclosure.
Crews are treating ash trees in Indianapolis' city parks to combat the spread of the tree-killing emerald ash borer.
Spawned at least in part by the “eat local” and organic-food movements, the regional facilities provide one-stop shops for consumers and farmers alike.
Environmental control maker Jackson Systems LLC plans to expand its Beech Grove operations, almost doubling its work force and the size of its headquarters by 2014.
Abnormally dry conditions cover half of Indiana, with 15 percent of the state officially in a moderate drought, and weather experts don't believe the rain that's expected the next few days will bring significant relief.
Speed is thought to be an obstacle to the widespread adoption of plug-in vehicles.
Following setbacks, industry leaders prepare to launch innovation center downstate
An agricultural expert says Indiana's recent hot, dry weather is likely taking a toll on the state's young corn crop.
Indiana's environmental agency and Duke Energy Corp. are moving ahead with the cleanup of a long-closed manufactured-gas plant in Shelbyville.
A company planning to build a wind farm spread across four central Indiana counties is asking officials in one of those counties for property tax breaks on a future phase of the project.
Dave Menzer, director of the Sierra Club’s new “Beyond Coal” campaign in Indiana, aims to spark discussion about the health and environmental costs of the state’s bituminous bounty that for years has brought relatively cheap electric rates.
Some manufacturers favor legislation that would encourage consumers to return their empties.
Indianapolis Power & Light, others say money is at stake if tighter controls are enforced.
The City-County Council is set to hear a proposal by two companies to lease space on city-owned rooftops and sell electricity generated by solar panels installed in those spots.
A company planning to build a wind farm spread across four central Indiana counties north of Indianapolis says it has obtained 125 building permits for the project's first phase.
The CEO of a company that once said it planned to create up to 1,200 jobs north of Indianapolis has declined to testify before a U.S. House panel investigating the federal clean-energy program.
